County Judge Shane Stolarczyk

Headline: The Liberty Bell Rang On This Date in 1776 / KC Office of Emergency Management Confirms 6 Dead from Kendall County / Boerne Businesses Host Drop Off Stations For Donations / How Then Should We Pray?

It’s Tuesday July 8th

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And it was on this date in 1776 that a 2,000-pound copper-and-tin bell rang out from the tower of the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, calling citizens to gather for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. That building became Independence Hall, and of course that bell is the “Liberty Bell”.

Audio: County Judge Shane Stolarczyk

That’s how the press conference at the Boerne Police Department began yesterday with County Judge Shane Stolarczyk with updates from the Kendall County Office of Emergency Management.  Coordinator Brady Constantine stepped up next with the latest report.   

Audio: Brady Constantine

Constantine pledged that the Kendall County Emergency Management Facebook page would be updated by 4pm every day and we have a link in the News Blog at boerneradio.com  https://www.facebook.com/KendallCountyEmergencyManagement 

And while it’s been announced that food, water, and volunteers are not immediately needed along the Guadalupe path, several Boerne Businesses are collecting specific items that don’t hurt to have extras of...including travel sized toothpaste, shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, and basic toiletries.  Drop off stations in Boerne include Hill Country Mission for Health,  Infiniti of Boerne, and Keller Williams of Boerne on River Road. 

Over the weekend Governor Greg Abbott declared Sunday as a Day of Prayer in the State of Texas.

Audio: Gregg Abbott

And so, we turn now to Pastor Eric Waters of St. John Luthern Church on how we should pray and then he shows us how.

Audio: Pastor Eric Waters

Amen

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